The Imperial Age: British India

Adamant Entertainment is proud to present the first setting book for The Imperial Age, our line of Victorian/Steampunk products, made for use with d20 Modern or Past.

Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain, once referred to India as Ã¢â‚¬Å“the chief jewel of the imperial crown.Ã¢â‚¬Â The Imperial Age: British India is a regional supplement for Imperial Age campaigns, covering the history, cultures, and governments of British India during the 1880s and 1890s.

A complete guide to the subcontinent is included, detailing the territories that made up the British Raj and its surrounding neighbors. Reprinted in full is a genuine Imperial Age document, the 1893 edition of Constable's Hand Atlas of India, featuring 16 pages of detailed period maps.

An Imperial Age Indian timeline is included as well as a glossary of terms specific to British India.
The Game Master Characters and Creatures sections follow, featuring archetypal NPCs for the period, as well as a collection of supernatural creatures from Indian myth.The supplement is completed by a list of period weapons and a collection of new Feats.

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Most Victorian Age games give a paragraph or two about India, which is too bad really. Victoria herself was known as the "Empress of India". A good overview of the British involvement in India is given. Again, this is not a textbook, b [...]

I was disappointed to discover that the product description had been deceptive, and that the "Constable's Hand Atlas of India", rather than being "reprinted in full" as advertised, was only briefly excerpted here. I later lea [...]

I concur with the previous reviewers points, except I'm not so much wed on the insistence on a Kipling reference. The man was after all, a bloody racist, or should I say "Imperialist." I have rated this pdf with four stars because it's the be [...]

This is the first setting book for the Imperial Age line, and a good choice. Its importance to the world of the setting and the literature that makes it endure cannot be overstated. Succinct yet useful sections on history, society and geography come fi [...]

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